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Visual resources

Visual resources

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Visual resources

- Let's talk about Visual Resources. First, what are Visual Resources? Well, as you might imagine Visual Resources are a collection of images, which may be in print form, but are increasingly available in digital formats today. They may be found in various types of environments, ranging from libraries and cultural institutions to educational departments and commercial enterprises. To look back in time for a moment, there was a time when Visual Resource collections may have consisted of photographic print files, 35 millimeter slides, collections of drawings or topically arranged picture or clipping files. Fast forward to today and many but not all of those collections may be available in digital format and may be searched in databases or other online tools. Searching for images is a little bit trickier than searching for books or more traditional library formats. You may have experienced some of the pains. The results you get for your image searches really depends on the level of…

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